Attachment for hood clamps of automobiles



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To all wkomijt may concern: r Be itknown t'hat-WeQJA Es SCULLY and -VILLIAM BilVIoConLcitizens of the United States of America, and, residents of Sullivan,

in the county of Sullivan and State of I ".13 ofthe hoodQThe head has a shank 14 en- Indiana, have inventedfcertain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Hood Clamps of Automobiles, of hi the fol, lowing is a specification. r

7 devices forautomobilea-the said "invention having for an object the provision of novel means adapted to be attached to the ordinary equipment of a well known make of automobile, for facilitating the application and removal of the hood clamps, thesaid invention being adapted to be-applied to the heads of clamps nowv in common use to held shanks terminating in heads adapted to engage a flange or bead of the hood. In certain types of machines, the head is of suchrestricted area as to'renderit diificult 2 combination of parts tobe hereinafter more I g as the elements; and

to secure a firm hold andthe operation becomes laborious and diflicullt. I

By the present invention, a projection or horn-like structure is formed as a part of a plate adapted to be secured to a head of,

a clamp of the character indicated, so that by a comparatively inexpensive attachment. the manipulation is facilitated as stated.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and fully set forth and claimed. fIn describing the invention in detail,

reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, "andin which' Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of a fragment .of an automobile hood, show fing adevice embodying the invention ap- V plied thereto; a J

Figure2 illustrates an enlarged detail view of a clamp and a device embodying the Figure 3 illustrates a front view thereof with the spring omitted;

c Figure 4 illustratesa sectional view;

Figure 5 illustrates a plan view ofone of This invention relates to hood retaining" Figure 6 illustrates plan view i its beingbent. v

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bilel hood, 11 the. head of, a clamp with Treatm nts HOOD CLAMPS, o -AuroivroBILEs,

seats '12 adaptedtoengage the header flange 7 I circled by-a spring 15 which is effective to exert downward pressure on the headto hold it in firm contactl'with thebead of the auto;

mobile hood.

:The' device whichis intended: to be ap plied to the head, in the present embodi-- .ment of thec invention', comprises ,an apertured plate 16 which might be termed the backing plate r and this is preferably 7 stamped and shaped to form a curved flange 17 at one edge that conforms to'the contour i I V of the head, it being understood thatjthe head is apertured, as shown atc18, to receive the fingers of an operator. The plate 16,

however, covers practically the entire face and aperture of the'head and it preferably has a centraliseat 11/1 in -whichanut 20fwillfl v .80 Y figuration as to constitute "an abutmentfor lie. The seat is preferably ofasuch conthe nut to prevent its tur'ning, so that when the bolt 21 is applied 'to the nut, the said nut will not rotate, and this-provision also prevents the nutfro' backing off the bolt wheninuse.- fl, j

The backing plate coacts with'what might be termed a face plate 22 which fits on the outer face of the head andthis p'late 22 has an integral handle or horn-like projection 23 which may bergrasped by an operator for lifting the head into engagement with the fl'ange, or [for removing it there-- j from. 7

It will be seen from an inspection of the plate may be formed by the ordinary stamping processes, since they may be cut from sheet the plates 16" and 22 being provided with apertures 24 and 25 'ceive the bolt 21.

respectively which re 05 drawing that the backing plate and face 7 The devices maybe cut and shaped' by the 1 I ordinary stamping processes, as'stated, and therefore, the" cost will be comparatively Thefedge'ofthe plate. that engages the Y edge of the handle isshaped similarly to the. v

flanged-7, 'softhat when the plates -are5as+ sembled', they will fit the contour of the, head and when the-bolt is applied through the lates, dislodgment of the said plates:

with relationto the head and With relation to each other Will be avoided.

We claim:

7 1. In an attaohnientfor hood clamps of automobiles, the combination With the head of a clamp, a plate applied to one side oisaid head, a plate having a handle applied to the other side of said head, and means extending through the plates for clamping them on the head. V

2. In an attachment for hood clamps of automobiles, a plate having an integral exautomobiles, a platehaving a horn-like extension forming a handle,"a plate constitut ing a backing plate coacting therewith, and means extending through the two plates for pressing them into engagement with the 20 said clamp.

JAMES SGULLY. WILLIAM B. MCCOY. 

